| |
|
 
Janet
Rice-Bredin
|
|
|
 |
|
Once again it is a pleasure to introduce you to someone whose work
I respect and admire. Janet Rice-Bredin is a quilt artist who is
well known for her beautiful and award winning quilts. She is also
an extraordinary teacher, judge and curator.
Janet's love of nature is apparent in all her work. She successfully
combines her expertise in horticulture with her skill as a textile
artist. This is most evident in her voluptuous flower designs that
always appear to have been freshly picked from her garden. |
I hope you will enjoy seeing Janet's quilts and reading about her
work.
- Mary
Holdgrafer.
Please wait
for all the images to appear - click on them to view the enlargements:
|
Nasturtium. 2003
Size: 42" x 48"
"The majority of my work as an artist has been inspired
by Nature. I am by trade a Landscape Designer, and I love to
grow plants. The inspiration for this piece was a photo of an
'Alaska' Nasturtium. When developing the full scale drawing
of the nasturtium flower and leaves, I attempted to simplify
the image as much as possible. This quilt is curved machine
pieced. I used commercial and hand-dyed fabrics, and modified
the flower centre with Markal Artists Oil Paintstiks."
|
Protection/Healing
Quilt. 2004
 
Size: 36" x 23"
"My friend Judy Martin made a beautiful Protection Heart
block for me several years ago, and it inspired me to make this
quilt for my sister. I used colours that symbolize her element
(air) and metal (gold). I included a Protection Heart, a Healing
Hand, and Life Spiral images.
I also included buttons from three generations of family button
boxes, a length of old hand-crocheted lace that was passed down
to me, many symbolic embellishments, and a collection of lace
handkerchiefs that belonged to our Great Aunt Muriel Rice. She
graduated from the Waltham Training School for Nurses in 1925,
and these hankies were part of her nursing uniform. Muriel worked
as a healer all her life, and I wanted to include her power
in the quilt.
I stencilled the back of the quilt with words that describe
my sister, and used one of Muriel's fancy dress hankies as the
label."
 
see these two details of Protection/Healing Quilt
This quilt is collaged, pieced, hand-embroidered, stamped
and stencilled.
|
|
|
